Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Brian Katulis debates the US policy in Iraq with the conservative Heritage Foundation on Capital Sunday with Leon Harris 8/5/07
To read STRATEGIC RESET, the Center's plan for Iraq and the region please see: www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org
What if our most powerful weapons were ideas?
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It all boils down to what Reagan did in 1988, bowing to pressure from the right, by abolishing the “Fairness Doctrine". The fairness doctrine was the law of the land since 1932. This allowed channels like Fox News and Rush Limbaugh to come to existence. Ninety two percent (92%) of radio talk show hosts now are of the right wing persuasion. Public airwaves belong to the public and the fairness doctrine must be restored. Insist that the presidential candidates promise to restore the fairness doctrine and to bust the 5 media monopolies which control our thought process.